A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 175: Medical and Martial Arts Practice
Object: Dirty Notes and Ancient Books

Spirit Level: Level 2

Devouring requirements: Host's mental strength level 2 (satisfied)

Swallowing effect: Mastery of medical theory and trivia about medicinal properties

Duan Rong looked at the data panel appearing in front of him, his brows furrowed and his eyes flickered.

He remembered that the last time he tried to read the Five Tigers and Sheep Swords secret book given to him by Xiao Zongting, the devouring effect of that secret book was blank, but this relic of Gu Suxiu's grandfather contained a second-level weapon spirit.

Duan Rong's mind was full of thoughts, and then he understood the reason.

The secret book that Xiao Zongting gave him was copied by Xiao Baiqiao. Xiao Baiqiao didn't understand any of the contents in the secret book at first. She just wrote it down word for word, and after she finished writing it, Xiao Zongting gave it to the apprentice escort.

These apprentice bodyguards would only look through the secret manuals when they had questions during martial arts practice. They would neither make annotations nor spend decades reading them over and over again.

But the medical book left by Gu Suxiu's grandfather was different. Gu Suxiu's grandfather had been reading this book for nearly half of his life and was still reading it when he was dying. He made annotations almost every year and immersed a lot of his thoughts and ideas into this book.

This is how the two proficient second-level spirit weapons mentioned in the book came into being.

Duan Rong figured out the reason, and his mind became clear. His eyes focused, and he said to himself, "Swallow it."

As the shaking of the data panel in front of him disappeared, Duan Rong closed the suicide note in his hand and handed it back to Gu Suxiu. He shook his head and said, "The handwriting is completely different, and from the handwriting, it seems that there is no trace of the master in the same line."

Upon hearing this, Gu Suxiu's eyes dimmed and he carefully took the relics of his grandfather handed over by Duan Rong. He originally thought that if Duan Rong really had a connection with his Gu family, he could still take care of him, but now it seems that he may have thought too much.

Duan Rong handed the suicide note to Gu Suxiu, and suddenly his eyes moved. He saw that there seemed to be a small wooden Buddha pendant in the wooden box, but it was covered by the suicide note and he had not seen it.

Duan Rong's mind moved, and he stretched out his hand to pinch out the Buddha statue pendant, and then said to himself: "Read the spirit of the instrument."

Another set of data appeared in front of Duan Rong.

Object: Wooden Buddha pendant (broken)

Spirit Level: Level 3

Devouring requirements: Host's mental strength level 3 (satisfied)

Swallowing effect: Mastery of difficult and complicated diseases (incomplete), minor mastery of decoction prescriptions (incomplete), minor mastery of acupuncture essentials (incomplete)

Duan Rong was surprised when he saw the devouring effect in front of him. He had made some progress in two of the skills and mastered one, but unfortunately all of them were incomplete.

It seems that Gu Suxiu's grandfather's medical skills are indeed amazing, but it's a pity that the pendant is broken and the spirit of the instrument is completely incomplete.

Duan Rong looked at the Buddha pendant in his hand with some regret, and found that the Buddha pendant was still intact, with no obvious damage!
Duan Rong looked puzzled for a moment.

Gu Suxiu saw Duan Rong curiously looking at the Buddha pendant and said, "This was something my grandfather carried with him when he was alive. I have kept it in this wooden box, but a few years ago, I accidentally discovered that it was eaten by insects. So, I took it out every year and fumigated it with mugwort."

"Insect-eaten?" Duan Rong finally saw a few very tiny insect holes on the back of the Buddha pendant.

"Perhaps the termites have hollowed out a lot of the inside of this Buddha statue..." Duan Rong thought to himself, and with a thought, he secretly said, "Devouring!"

Although the three devouring effects are all incomplete, after all, they are two minor achievements and one mastery. It would be a pity not to devour them.

Duan Rong put the Buddha pendant in his hand into the wooden box. At this moment, he remembered that when he entered the door just now, there was also a Buddha statue enshrined in the shrine on the side of the door. It seems that the Gu family has a tradition of believing in Buddhism.

"After all, it's an old thing, made of wood, and it attracts insects." He said casually.

Gu Suxiu nodded, put the suicide note in his hand back into the wooden box, and then put the wooden box back into the cupboard in the corner.

Gu Suxiu had just put it down and was about to turn around when he heard a deep male voice coming from the front hall of the clinic, shouting, "Doctor Gu, Doctor Gu!" The two of them then left the back hall together and went to the front of the clinic.

I saw a couple coming. The woman was pregnant and had difficulty walking. A thin man was supporting her.

When Gu Suxiu saw the two men, he said, "Mrs. Xu, have you taken the pregnancy-maintaining medicine? Are you feeling better?"

"It's better now, but I keep waking up at night!" said the thin man who was supporting his wife immediately.

When Duan Rong saw that Gu Suxiu had a patient, he said goodbye and left.

Duan Rong was walking on the street, his head was very dizzy. In just half an hour, he swallowed three weapon spirits in succession.

Two third-level weapon spirits and one second-level weapon spirit.

This is not a tree spirit. It digests very slowly and has no adverse reactions.

In fact, after practicing the Taizang Sutra, Duan Rong has basically adapted to the discomfort after swallowing a spirit. If he only swallows one spirit, he can respond normally and can digest it even without sleeping.

But now, after he devoured three weapon spirits, he immediately felt as if his brain was filled with lead...

Duan Rong walked back to Liu Lu with heavy steps, climbed onto the bed, and fell into a deep sleep in an instant...

After sleeping for nearly two hours, Duan Rong woke up slowly. He stretched and found that the discomfort in his brain had completely disappeared. Duan Rong felt hungry and jumped out of bed. He walked out of the room, washed his face, looked at the sun on the willow branches, and estimated that it was time for the canteen in the central courtyard to serve lunch, so he hurried to the canteen to eat.

After Duan Rong finished his meal, he returned to Liulu. He sat on a stone chair in the simple pavilion in the courtyard for more than an hour...

After Duan Rong sat for an hour, he suddenly stood up and began to pace back and forth in the courtyard...

He digested and absorbed two third-level and one second-level spirit weapons, not only Gu Suxiu's, but also his grandfather's. It can be said that his current medical skills, even his understanding of medical principles and medicinal properties, have far surpassed Gu Suxiu.

But Duan Rong found that these were of no use to the problem he wanted to solve.

Because, whether it is Gu Suxiu or his grandfather, their medical skills and medical theories are all about the treatment of diseases of ordinary people.

However, what Duan Rong wanted to solve was the problem of using medicine to replenish the inner energy of warriors.

These are two completely different areas.

Although Duan Rong understood the medicinal properties of almost all medicinal materials, this understanding was based on the understanding of medical diseases.

The effects of these medicinal herbs on internal energy are actually another science.

Duan Rong suddenly realized that the solution to his problem must be someone who practices both medicine and martial arts, with an inclination towards medicine.

Because, if you don’t practice, how can you understand the relationship between medicinal properties and internal energy?
But, are there such people in Xiangu County?

Duan Rong had never heard of it!
Duan Rong believed that the world must have existed for the practice of both medicine and martial arts, otherwise where did all those medicinal tonic prescriptions come from?

It’s just that Xiangu County is too isolated and does not have such scarce talents.

Duan Rong couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Even if he had the ability to devour weapon spirits, he couldn't do anything without the right ingredients. There was no one in Xiangu County who practiced both medicine and martial arts. Where could he go to devour them?
"It seems that the problem of drug penetration cannot be solved for the time being." Duan Rongshen sighed and had to put this issue aside.

Now, he had no choice but to practice madly. This was a dangerous path to take!

"I don't think I'll be able to pass this test if the sword doesn't shed its skin!" A fierce light flashed in Duan Rong's eyes. He had decided that in the next few days, he would work hard on the Hunyuan Zhuang Gong.

(End of this chapter)